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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. blowing in violent and abrupt bursts;
- Example: "blustering (or blusterous) winds of Patagonia"
- Example: "a cold blustery day"
- Example: "a gusty storm with strong sudden rushes of wind"
[syn: blustering(a), blusterous, blustery]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bluster \Blus"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blustered; p. pr. & vb. n. Blustering.] [Allied to blast.] [1913 Webster] 1. To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather. [1913 Webster] And ever-threatening storms Of Chaos blustering round. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To talk with noisy violence; to swagger, as a turbulent or boasting person; to act in a noisy, tumultuous way; to play the bully; to storm; to rage. [1913 Webster] Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic tyrants. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Blustering \Blus"ter*ing\, a. 1. Exhibiting noisy violence, as the wind; stormy; tumultuous. [1913 Webster] A tempest and a blustering day. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Uttering noisy threats; noisy and swaggering; boisterous. "A blustering fellow." --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

blustering adj 1: blowing in violent and abrupt bursts; "blustering (or blusterous) winds of Patagonia"; "a cold blustery day"; "a gusty storm with strong sudden rushes of wind" [syn: blustering(a), blusterous, blustery]